For 50 years southeastern Europe was cut off from developments in the West, and ten years after the fall of the "Iron Curtain" these countries remained a terra incognita for many people. The documentary is an investigative journey down the Danube from Bratislava to the Black Sea. The combination of conversations with farmers and fishermen, bankers and entrepreneurs, writers and politicians all come together to produce an exciting mosaic of desperation, awakening, resignation and hope. Part 1: Slovakia and Hungary Part 2: Croatia and Yugoslavia Part 3: Bulgaria and Romania